Admissions Form
Begin your child’s registration journey with Liberty School. This form helps our senior leadership team understand your child’s current educational experience, strengths, needs and whether Liberty School may be the right environment for them to thrive through our practical, ambitious and child-centred approach to learning.
Before You Begin
About Your Child
This registration form asks for key information to help Liberty School understand your child, their current educational experience and whether our school may be the right environment for them.
Questions About Your Child
You will be asked a few short questions about your child’s interests, strengths, what they enjoy at school and at home, the type of school experience you are looking for, and anything your child currently finds particularly difficult in education.
Documents to Have Ready
You will also be asked to upload:
Latest school or nursery report
Current EHCP, if applicable
Recent assessment or specialist report, if applicable
Please have this information and any relevant documents ready before you begin. This will help you complete the form smoothly and give our senior leadership team the information they need to review your child’s registration.
Admissions for children with EHCPs
Liberty School is not a specialist SEND school, but it can consider applications from children with an Education, Health and Care Plan. EHCP places are limited, and each application must be reviewed carefully.
Before confirming whether Liberty School could meet a child’s needs, our team would need to:
Review the current EHCP.
We would look carefully at the plan to understand your child’s identified needs, outcomes and required provision.
Review the current EHCP.
We would look carefully at the plan to understand your child’s identified needs, outcomes and required provision.
Consider whether Liberty School can meet those needs.
We would assess whether our school can safely, reasonably and appropriately deliver the support required.
Respond to Local Authority consultation where needed.
Where the Local Authority consults with Liberty School, we would provide a clear response about whether we believe we can meet your child’s needs.
If your child already has an EHCP, or an assessment is currently taking place, families should complete the dedicated EHCP contact form so the right member of the team can review the information and discuss next steps.
Admissions Policy
Liberty School’s Admissions Policy sets out the formal process for applying for a place at the school. It explains who the school is for, how applications are considered, what information families need to provide, and how decisions are made.
As a small independent school with a maximum capacity of 55 pupils, places at Liberty School are limited. Admission is based on whether the school believes a child is well suited to its ethos, curriculum and learning environment. Liberty School is designed for children who can engage with an ambitious, practical and discussion-rich curriculum, and who are likely to thrive in a small, progressive school community.
The policy also explains how Liberty School considers applications from children with identified needs. Liberty School is not a specialist SEND school, but we will consider applications from children with additional needs, including dyslexia and neurodivergent profiles, where we believe the school can reasonably and safely meet those needs within our staffing, resources and environment.
Families are encouraged to read the full Admissions Policy before registering their child. This helps ensure that the school’s expectations, decision-making process, registration requirements, suitability assessment, offer process, waiting list arrangements and withdrawal of offer conditions are clear from the beginning.
View the Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Promise
At Liberty School, our admissions process is about understanding the whole child. We do not believe that choosing a school should feel like a rushed decision or a simple form-filling exercise. It should be a thoughtful process where families have time to understand the school, ask questions and consider whether Liberty is the right environment for their child.
Our promise is to make admissions clear, supportive and honest. We will take time to understand your child’s strengths, interests, learning style, experiences and needs. We will also be open with families about what Liberty School can offer, what our approach looks like in practice and whether we believe the school is the right fit.
A place at Liberty School will only be offered where we believe a child can thrive within our ambitious, progressive and practical learning environment. This is part of our responsibility to the child, the family and the wider school community.
Begin Your Admissions Journey
The first step is to make an enquiry. From there, our team can share information, answer questions and guide you through the next stage of the admissions process.
